Discover the winners of the "Vegan Entrepreneur Prize" 2021 of Peta

À l’occasion de la Journée internationale des droits des femmes, PETA décerne aujourd’hui son « Prix de l’entrepreneure végane » à huit lauréates qui font avancer la cause animale par le biais de leur courageux entreprenariat. Ce titre vise à récompenser, à remercier et à mettre en lumière le travail de femmes qui proposent des alternatives aux articles, matières et produits d’origine animale et qui œuvrent ainsi à créer un monde meilleur pour les animaux et les humains.

From the very first vegan chief to receive a Michelin star, to the founders of a 100% vegan concept store, via the designer of a high-end and cruelty-free lipstick and the CEO of a companyof ethical investment consultancy, the winners of this price are diverse and varied.But they all have in common to have put their skills, interests and business flair for the benefit of animals, which they defend on a daily basis thanks to the success of their different companies.The eight prize winners are:

Why vegan entrepreneurship?

Vegan entrepreneurship starts from the principle that animals do not belong to us and that we do not have to use them neither as ingredients, nor as clothes, nor as laboratory tests.

In animal breeding for fur, animals go crazy, locked up in tiny wire mesh cages in which they spend their whole life before being slaughtered in a violent manner.The meat and leather industries are responsible for killing several tens of billions of animals each year: cows, pigs, goats and even dogs and cats.Surveys carried out in woolen farms from all continents have revealed the suffering of sheep which are struck and mutilated in sheep.Developing, producing and buying vegan products makes it possible to no longer support these industries that make animals terribly suffer.

Each year, around 10 million animals in Europe are subject to painful and frightening experiences on the part of the experimenters, tests which are indefensible both moral and scientific, and which slow down medical progress.Mice, rats, rabbits, primates, cats, dogs and other animals are locked up in sinister laboratory cages.All these animals have the ability to feel pain and fear, and they suffer intensely when they are poisoned, cut, blinded, electrocuted or infected with deadly diseases for experiences - including makeup.Choosing non -tested products helps avoid horrible suffering from defenseless animals.

For a world freed from sexism and speciesism

On this International Women's Rights Day, let us recall that in our current society based on speciesism, female animals are treated as vulgar reproductive machines and are inseminated with force and repeatedly in the milk, meat and meat industriesEggs, as well as for the production of leather, fur and other animal skins and in the breeding of animals intended to undergo horrible tests in the laboratories.

Thanks to entrepreneurs and companies like those who have won our prize, these archaic treatments are rejected in favor of products that do not use animals and more environmentally friendly.These women brilliantly demonstrate that thanks to their convictions, their knowledge and their courage it is possible to grow societies based on respect for our sisters of all species.Peta is delighted to rob the spotlight on their admirable efforts which will certainly be a source of emulation for all future cheffes of ethical companies.

Act for the rights of all animals

The best way to help animals used for food is to leave them out of our plates.Order our "Brass Vegan Guide" to learn more about vegan food:

Help animals intended to be massacred for their skins by asking Louis Vuitton to abandon exotic leathers:

While the use of animals for cosmetics tests is prohibited throughout the European Union, animals continue to be poisoned and killed for cosmetics ingredient tests - act with us: